April 23, 2019 – Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in air flowing out to sea from Silicon Valley could increase the amount of carbon dioxide dissolving in Monterey Bay by about 20 percent.
August 10, 2018 – Software developed by MBARI engineers guided a sea-going robot as it monitored the plume of hot seawater created by an active lava flow in Hawai`i.
One of the major themes of MBARI’s current research is the increasing dependence on real-time data for informed decision-making during the course of field experiments.
Oct 3, 2016 – During a recent mission, MBARI’s Wave Glider Tiny ran into some problems. When MBARI engineers went to sea to recover the Wave Glider, they discovered major damage to the fiberglass hull, mast, and solar panels.
Our lab uses moorings, gliders, AUVs, and CTD measurements to study fundamental oceanographic phenomena.
Research programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) encompass the entire ocean, from the surface waters to the deep seafloor, and from the coastal zone to the open sea. The need to understand the ocean in all its complexity and variability drives MBARI's research and development efforts.